Door-hanger



7 UNITED-STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- WILLIAM G. WAHL, BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 35 1,947, dated November 2, 1886.

7' Application filed May 4, 1886'. Serial No. 201,062. (ModelJ To all whom it may concern:

York, have invented anew and Improve Door Hanger, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

a novel form of door-hanger designed more especially for use in the hanging of parlordoors, but applicable also to the hanging of any otherjorm of door, the object of the invention being to provide a means whereby the door may be adjusted so as to hang in a perpendicular line should the building settle unevenly. V

Reference is to-be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side view of the upper portion ,of a door and its track or way, one-half of the door-casing being removed in order that the arrangement of the hangers and their ways;

may be more clearly disclosed. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line a: w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the rear end of the door. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view taken on line 3/ y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the hanger proper, the retainingholts being alsoshown in section; and Fig. 6

'is a sectional elevation taken on line 2 z of Fig. 5, a portionof the when carrying bracketbeing broken away in order to disclose the construction of the parts.

In connection with such a door-hanger proper as I am about to describe I employ a track or way, 10, preferably made of astrip of beach timber, upon the upper face of which there are formed rabbets 2 2. This timberlO is sup ported by an upwardly-extending plate, 11, preferably formed of sheet-iron or steel, and bent to the shape best shown in Fig. 2that is, bent with downwardly-extending flanges 3, through which there are passed screws or bolts 4, by which the timber 10 is upheld. The upper edge of the plate 11 is fitted in a longitudinal groove formed in an upper supporting-strip, 12. The timber 10, the plate 11, and the timber or strip 12 are strengthened and stifl'ened'by a truss, 20,'the end timbers of which are securely bolted to the plate 11,

mit of a proper adjustment and hanging of the door.

The door-hangers proper consist of plates 15, that are secured to the upper edge of the My invention relates to the construction of Q door in substantially the position shown in Fig. 1. Each of the plates 15 carries upwardly-extendi'ng bolts 6, that are provided with heads 7. Above the plates 15 there are other plates, 16, formed with upwardly-extending standards 17, the approaching faces of which are formed with V-shaped grooves 8, the bottom of the plate 16 being formed to receive the milled head of an adjustingscrew, 18. In one end of each of the plates 16 there is a central longitudinal slot, 19, while at the other end there is a transverse slot, 21, which extends from one side to just past the central line of the plate, from which construction it will be seen that when it is desired to secure the plate 16 to the plate 15 the slot 19 is brought into engagement with one of the bolts 6, after which the plate is swung around until the slot 21 receives the other bolt 6 of the plate 16, when if the bolts are turned home the two plates 15 and 16 will be firmly clamped together; The wheel carrying brackets 22 are formed with upwardly-extending arms 23 23, to which the wheels or rollers 24 are studded, while the main body of the bracket is formed with two outwardly-extending V-shaped sections, 25 25, which fit in the V-shaped grooves 8 of the standards 17, the bracket 22 being formed with a threaded socket that is engaged by the screw 18. -Upon the rear vertical edge of the door there is arranged a gravity-stop of novel construction, which consists of a button, 26, pivotally connected to a plate, 27, that is secured by screws to the said rear vertical edge of the door, the main portion of said button being held in a horizontal line through the medium of a weight, 28, arranged below the pivot 29, as best shown in Fig. 3. Inconnection with the catch 26 I arrange a keeper, 30, that is secured to the inner face of the jamb 40.

From the construction described it will be seen that the track or way 10 and its supporting attachments must be secured in position prior to the finishing of the door frame or case,

1 and also to the studding '10, the parts being so mounted in the casing of the door as to per- 7 and, in order that the wheels or rollers 24 may be passed to a position above the track or way 10, I form pockets 33 and 3a in said track and in the horizontal jamb of the door-casing, respectively, said pockets consisting of strips out out from the jamb and from the track or way, the two cuts which separate each pocketstrip from the main portion of the timber from which they are out being arranged as best shown in Fig. 1, the pocketstrips being normally held in place by screws 35.

Now, when it is desired to mount the door, the plates are secured in proper position, as shown in Fig. 1. the pocket-strips 33 and 34 are then removed, (it being understood that these pocket-strips are formed upon each side of the plate 11,) and the wheels 24 are passed up through the pockets, so that they rest on the track or way 10, the bracket 22 and the plate 16 being at this time held together by the screw 18. After the wheels have been placed upon their way or track, as described, the door is placed in a vertical position be neat-h the track, and the plates 16 and 15 are brought into engagement, as has been hereinbet'ore set forth. Vhen the door has been hung, as described, it is adjusted toaperpendicular position through the medium of the adjusting-screws 18. When it is desired to roll the door back into its ease, the catch 26 is held by a thin-bladed knife, or any other proper implement, so that its arms will be in a line parallel with the rear edge of the door, but after the catch is released it will be moved to the position in which it is shown in Fig. 3, and when in this position will prevent the accidental withdrawing of the door. The bottom of the door is formed with a groove, 41, that is entered by a rib, 42, that is secured to the floor, the idea being to properly guide the lower edge of the door.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with a track or way supported by a truss, of a door-hanger consisting of the following-named elements: rollers 24, a bracket, 22, formed with projections 25, stand ards 17, formed with grooves 8, a plate, 16, from which said standards project, an adjusting-screw carried by the plate 16 and engaging with a threaded socket formed in the rollersupporting bracket, and a plate, 15, secured to the upper edge of the door and provided with bolts 6, that enter slots 19 and 21, formed in the plate 16, substantially as described.

WILLIAM C. WAHL.

\Vitnesses:

FRANK'C. A. WAHL, JOHN P. ZENNER. 

